What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XV)

Clive B posted:

Jeff Beck - Performing This Week...

I really don't play this anymore. But I've just surprised myself with just how good it is. What fantastic tones Jeff manages to extract from his Stratocaster. He conveys so much emotion. It's like the guitar is talking to the audience. Ignoring the effects, I'm certain that playing with fingers rather than a pick really helps.

For sure. By playing with his fingers, he can better control the attack of each note, as well as more easily play harmonies on non-adjacent strings. It gives him many more options. Paradoxically, pick players use a lot of compression to blunt the attack, leaving them with nowhere to go. For pick players, harmonies starting simultaneously on non adjacent strings require muting, which many are very good at, but Beck also has those options.

For a great comparison, find Jeff and Beth Hart at the Kennedy Centre doing "Rather go Blind". Then compare Beth doing the same song with Joe Bonamassa (not sure of the venue there, but a search will bring it up). Now, I really like Joe Bonamassa, but honestly, Jeff's style leaves him in the dust.

Alfa4life posted:

On CD:

Streaming it on Tidal now.  I had listened her Mayhem album only. TYVM for posting, a good album indeed. 

Hoping this pic is not one of my 66% failures:

Schubert's Trout quintet, Ace of Clubs recording from 1958, members Of The Vienna Octet, conducted Walter Panhoffer. The first classical record I bought, circa 1969. Ironic as it is mono, and I had just built my first stereo hifi system!

As the first version of this music I had heard, to me it is the defining interpretation - and I have yet to find one to beat it, so I do still play despite the inevitable surface noise that was preserved when I ripped it to digital.

[Edit: the pic failed but the Imgur link appeared!]

 

Innocent Bystander posted:

Hoping this pic is not one of my 66% failures:

Schubert's Trout quintet, Ace of Clubs recording from 1958, members Of The Vienna Octet, conducted Walter Panhoffer. The first classical record I bought, circa 1969. Ironic as it is mono, and I had just built my first stereo hifi system!

As the first version of this music I had heard, to me it is the defining interpretation - and I have yet to find one to beat it, so I do still play despite the inevitable surface noise that was preserved when I ripped it to digital.

[Edit: the pic failed but the Imgur link appeared!]

They certainly don’t do covers like this anymore. 

(The link above was to the page, I’ve linked to the actual image.)

.sjb

Having a Wilco kind of Monday afternoon. 

Adam Zielinski posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

This is a version which adds someth8ng to the mass of recordings which is already on the market.

 

Bert - where did you download it from?

I got it from Qobuz, with Sublime the cheapest option.

One for J.P. playing now from random play on my NDX.  Nice work by Patitucci on bass

During workout..

Nice breakfast treat before the first werking day in the Year 

Sloop John B posted:

 

Innocent Bystander posted:

Hoping this pic is not one of my 66% failures:

Schubert's Trout quintet, Ace of Clubs recording from 1958, members Of The Vienna Octet, conducted Walter Panhoffer. The first classical record I bought, circa 1969. Ironic as it is mono, and I had just built my first stereo hifi system!

As the first version of this music I had heard, to me it is the defining interpretation - and I have yet to find one to beat it, so I do still play despite the inevitable surface noise that was preserved when I ripped it to digital.

[Edit: the pic failed but the Imgur link appeared!]

 

They certainly don’t do covers like this anymore. 

(The link above was to the page, I’ve linked to the actual image.)

.sjb

Thanks sub. I couldn’t find anything to copy/paste for the image other than what I did. Are you able to enlighten, please? I do find it frustrating!

On iPad I pressed and held the picture until a sub menu with copy and save picture showed up. I chose copy and this is the link I embedded. 

On windows it’s usually right click and “copy image location “, can’t help with Mac but it’s most likely somewhere in between windows 10 and iOS. 

.sjb

Sloop John B posted:

On iPad I pressed and held the picture until a sub menu with copy and save picture showed up. I chose copy and this is the link I embedded. 

On windows it’s usually right click and “copy image location “, can’t help with Mac but it’s most likely somewhere in between windows 10 and iOS. 

.sjb

 

Thanks, I’ll try that next time - I was using an iPad. 

Erich posted:

Alfa4life posted:

On CD:

Streaming it on Tidal now.  I had listened her Mayhem album only. TYVM for posting, a good album indeed. 

Life Love Flesh Blood is well worth a listen, her best album ever in my opinion. I saw her live in Falmouth in 2017... fantastic, if you ever get a chance to see her live go for it.

Al Stewart. Year Of The Cat. On original vinyl from 1976. I remember the title track getting huge radio play back in the day - love the piano intro and the overall tubey warm SQ. Unfortunately these days it seems a forgotten gem. I can't remember that last time I've heard this or any other Al Stewart track on local classic rock radio. Sad.

First, Start The Week on R4. A brilliant edition loosely based on happiness and wellbeing. Well worth hearing again if you missed it. Andrew Marr at his best, gently cajoling his guests and giving them space to give of their best. The take home message: Get outside more.

Now, Doves - The Last Broadcast

With good coffee on a day off, oh happy day.

Christopher_M posted:

First, Start The Week on R4. A brilliant edition loosely based on happiness and wellbeing. Well worth hearing again if you missed it. Andrew Marr at his best, gently cajoling his guests and giving them space to give of their best. The take home message: Get outside more.

Now, Doves - The Last Broadcast

With good coffee on a day off, oh happy day.

Key message number two was that money doesn't buy happiness, nor does accumulating stuff.

A nice extended trio recording...

Al Stewart -Time Passages

Prompted by Joe Rand, but rather than Year of the Cat, I thought I'd play the album which followed it, which includes the gorgeous Palace of Versailles. This is taking me back to undergraduate days in Clifton and the numerous folk clubs which existed then. Wonderful stuff.

Elvis Costello - The Best Of The First 10 Years

On CD

I'm following Time Passages with Year of the Cat. Having a nostalgia fest. Great songs, great memories. Oh, and exams!

Playing on Compact Disc on Naxos - Uplifting Vivaldi Cello Concertos to lift the Monday morning work blues

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

The 1970s certainly produced some fine pop music. This one original vinyl from '78.

Playing on Compact Disc - Just a great album by the late Warren Zevon

Playing on Cassette on TDK AD C60 - American garage rock from American Band The Wipers from 1986

a morning of favourite records from last year.